it's so true...

Ummmm, sweetie, I think you just answered your own question, go with your heart and soul, let your head catch up later.

The only wisdon that I will pass on to you is simply this.

Life in these United States is not getting any easier, and things could take a turn for the worse in the next 4 years. Cut back on your running around, and do a little more working. Save your money, and invest in land and things like that. When you hit 50, you will not have to worry about getting paid, beacuse when you were young, you worked your ass off, and saved enough to spend the rest of your life doing what ever you want.

It sucks that we can never go back to when we were younger, and do things over. Yes the memories that you are making today are great, but they will not feed you, or a child or wife later on.

holy fuck.. the man spoke to me...!!

no doubt, you will be happy to know that I save up most of my money, work as hard as I can, and will be investing in real estate next year :glugglug

your initial post is insanely close to my current situation. seems like no matter how far and hard you work, there are just not enough hours in a day to get to enough done.

for myself, its like everyday i wake up, a race begins... and no matter how productive the day goes, i still go to bed (more like a 2-3-4 hour nap) feeling like i'm still behind.

I'm also in school, finally graduating college in TWO more months. Battled and battled against "taking some time off" or "going back at another time" but it just never seemed realistic to me that I would ever return. So I battled it and multi-tasked like crazy in order to maintain business and school. Its really a diffiuclt trade off, and recently its been like, why in the hell would i go to this 3 hour class when I could work and make money/advance my position financially? Then combined with what I'm actually paying for the class (according to my calculations, about $100.00 per class), and figuring in opportunity costs of not working, class is just outright unbearable at times.

In either case, you have to put things into perspective and look at yourself in the long term, and although it's difficult, overlook the money available to you. A college degree will be relevent and useful... and to tell you a story.... I have friend that did a couple million in adult a few years ago, and dropped out of college due to his financial successes. A few years later, he overextended himself, some of his ventures failed, and now he's working at a gas station. True story, and facts.

I have thought and thought about dropping out of college for 3 straight years now, but finally i'll be graduated in 2 months and will be in every position to further everything i've developed and relationships I have built throughout this timeframe, so I guess I won both wars, but not without the stresses and confusion you described in your initial post.

You are a smart guy, I'm sure you'll make the right decision regardless of what you choose, i would only suggest to make sure you think about the issues you may face 5-10 years down the road before determining your paths. We all get blinded by cash at times, but college only secures yourself even more when things go wrong, and things go wrong for all of us at times.

Take care man and good luck.

FF

I did 4 years of University, Full time Annoyance of a girlfriend for 3 years.. In the business fulltime that whole time as well. I slept about 5 to 6 hours a day. Went out about 3 or 4 nights a week and Now i'am a 22 year old with a 7 figure bank account. So stick with it, breakdowns are for the weak.

My only advice is to cut back on the going out, but not alot, or you will turn antisocial like many of the people on this board.

As for the girlfriend, dont get whipped, cut down on seeing her too, I only hung out with mine like 2 or 3 times a week.

thanx for the good post dude, I appreciate it very much :thumbsup

Wow this has to be one of the best threads I have read on gfy ever. Probably because I am pretty much facing a choice between university and business myself.

I am studying social science (3rd semester) and I am beginning to feel that from now on the studies will be taking up substantial amounts of time and energy - more than I have usually been spending at any school. And at the same time I am experiencing success with my adult business which I am off course looking to expand as much as possible. But I don't think I will be able to focus on both things at the same time. Maybe I will be able to handle it time-wise, but I don't think I can really concentrate on both things.

At the same time, I am beginning to get bored with my studies and don't really feel like I will be able to go for it whole-heartedly, so I am starting to think "Why even bother finishing university?".

Even though I have always preached to others about living for the moment, I am having a hard time doing so myself. As has been pointed out, financial success may not last forever, and who know what will happen!?

I have just had a 1 week vacation from university and was going to spend it figuring out what I should do about it, but I still haven't made a decision and for now I am going to class again tomorrow morning...

Workaholic!
Get some sleep.

This thread needs to be pinned. I know I'm going to be re-reading this thread a few times in the next two and a half years.

school sucks, bad.

but limited options and less-secure future sucks more, imo. it'll be over before you know it, trust me. December can't come soon enough!

FF

Thanks for the words! :)

I am actually getting used to schools that suck, and that isn't the major problem. It's more that I am going to spend at least another 1½ years going to uni, and most likely even 2 more years after that if I want a degree I can actually use for something serious (Danish educational structure may be a little different than the American on this point).

I figure I might as well go all the way and not stop halfway through with a degree that doesn't really provide a lot of possibilities.

I can very much relate to what others say about feeling like this is THE chance to make money ensuring you for the rest of your life, so why not spend all your time and energy on that instead of something that might not even get you a job you find interesting afterwards and doesn't pay you nearly as much as you are able to make in adult.

Post too long....

I haven't read it....

Could someone tell me what's written in 5 or less words??

:1orglaugh don't be a dumbass

I know how you feel. Just take a vacation.

quit crying, get a couple employees, get some exercise

Talk to a threrapist if that doesn't do the trick.

Iknow what you mean, it can get very overwhelming, and it seems like each day gets busier. but that's life and you have to live it to the fullest

Take a vacation man. It will help alot
Try to take as long as possible off. Leave your laptop behind

your problem is conflicated that for some they want to have that kind of problem.

100 losing themselves...

100 hard times :(

Same problem
Full time online, full time gf, full time school.
If you are not at a VERY good university program, drop out of school! I was going to drop out last year but I have only this year and one more to go and its one of the top biz schools here in canada, so it may come in handy one day.

Try taking a vacation. Go somewhere warm :) When you get back you will be twice as productive.

If you feel VERY weak cause of little sleep, drink more coffe, coke, or take a fat burner to speed up your system, jus be careful with those.

bdjuf

I am also a young guy, at 22 years old I am currently in second year of law school, I did a 4 year honours BA before that.

I have been doing business online throughout all of this...going on 6 years now including high school - school is doable and university is not as hard as you think :) I managed to do it and run 3 businesses, one of which had (at one point) 4 employees and $1mil in revenues. the other two businesses are like yours....very labour UNintensive, mind-intensive work.

that particular business, while impressive on paper, was much too much work in MANAGING the people. I am now implementing the code/processes/management necessary to run my 4-employee business with one employee. BDJUF you are in a great position...your business run with very little labour. refine them so they are automated works of art.

STAY IN SCHOOL, your education is something that no-one can ever, ever take from you. it will open doors that may have required a lot of knocking otherwise. a lot of people above have said 'you can always go back' but you know what? people rarely do :) the world is just too fast once you're 'in it', and you can't go back, the money is just too tempting (rather than SPENDING time and money going back to school!) get it over with now and have it under your belt for the rest of your life. your business mind is not going to change while you are in school - you will refine it, you will learn to MULTITASK.

my advice is to work SMART - someone earlier in this thread mentioned that the best type of business is the kind where you can automate everything. time management is CRITICAL if you want to accomplish many things. KRL mentioned a PDA...use one! Automate your business and hire smart people to handle what can't be handled by a crontab :)

additionally, graduating from university WHILE also making serious bank in business is an accomplishment in itself, and if need be will open many doors. it shows maturity and the ability to be accountable on many fronts.

in no way am I saying to give up the entrepreneurship; I know that it is the result of an inner drive only a select few have. However, I can tell you that from my case, I will be graduating with 7 figures in the bank, a BA and a law degree...my fellow classmates are graduating $50k in debt and fighting for jobs.

with hard work, goals and time management, you can do it

BD, were on 3 threads of advice now.

Have you found yourself yet bro?

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh

cut your units, your nightouts and organize your time w/ the biz...

I have to come up with a decision wether or not to go to university

I am pretty sure of my decision, but my parents, grandparents, and great grand parents would disown me :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You have to stay in school. My :2 cents: You need an education in today's society.... you know.... in case this porn thing doesn't work out:winkwink:

if it doesn't work out I Will have 100k$+ in the bank account to invest in real estate and other projects

where does school come in?

I sale cheap short found souls.

I disagree quite a bit.

Dude, the way you shop, that $100k will melt down before you know it.. I'll take a stab that some of that cash is inheritance money which tends to burn a hole in your pocket.

It's good to keep the cashflow going while you have capital and going to school, but burning the candle at both ends will end up hurting a bit. Like others said in this thread, getting an education (notice education, not just school) is always a good thing, maybe you can cut down on your expensive wardrobe and going out and then trim down on your workload, budget your time and money and burn the credit cards..

Finish school, there is no insurance like it.. do it when you're young and you will be happy you did. KRL has many good points, but no offense few people get to where you have, it's a bit of a gamble..unless you have lots of expendable capital and even then it's still a struggle

i say do both... just organize your time get a schedule when to do what.. and stick to it

and go uni but take it slow if u want ;)

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Hmm, I guess maybe in your culture being disowned by your parents is unbearable?

not really, but I Would much rather not be :1orglaugh

delegate..

and health is more important than money